Automated Liquid Handling

Systems and components designed for precise, automated manipulation, transfer, and dispensing of liquid samples and reagents, often involving pipettes, robotic arms, and specialized sample containers.

6,240 US filings from 1,848 companies since 2023 · 2023: 1,764 · 2024: 1,983 · 2025: 1,761 · 2026 YTD: 732

Laboratory Apparatus

Top companies

Ranked by filings in this theme since 2023. 2026 is partial.

#	Company	Since 2023	2023	2024	2025	2026 YTD	YoY
1	HITACHI HIGH-TECH CORPORATION	389	107	131	104	47	-20.6%
2	SHIMADZU CORPORATION	189	53	73	49	14	-32.9%
3	Becton, Dickinson and Company	157	52	54	34	17	-37.0%
4	Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc.	110	33	32	34	11	+6.2%
5	GEN-PROBE INCORPORATED	99	15	36	31	17	-13.9%
6	AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.	94	24	31	21	18	-32.3%
7	Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Inc.	89	30	20	21	18	+5.0%
8	Beckman Coulter, Inc.	74	16	27	18	13	-33.3%
9	TECAN TRADING AG	66	17	22	20	7	-9.1%
10	Illumina, Inc.	62	18	23	16	5	-30.4%
11	Waters Technologies Corporation	60	14	26	13	7	-50.0%
12	Sysmex Corporation	56	25	15	14	2	-6.7%
13	Elemental Scientific, Inc.	54	15	19	14	6	-26.3%
14	CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION	48	11	18	17	2	-5.6%
15	LIFE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION	45	15	17	8	5	-52.9%
16	Magnolia Medical Technologies, Inc.	44	12	12	13	7	+8.3%
17	Ventana Medical Systems, Inc.	41	15	11	10	5	-9.1%
18	IDEXX Laboratories, Inc.	39	7	7	21	4	+200.0%
19	SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY	38	13	10	11	4	+10.0%
20	HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.	37	18	11	8	·	-27.3%
21	10x Genomics, Inc.	36	7	17	8	4	-52.9%
22	Dionex Softron GmbH	35	14	9	5	7	-44.4%
23	SONY GROUP CORPORATION	34	3	12	14	5	+16.7%
24	DH Technologies Development Pte. Ltd.	30	6	17	5	2	-70.6%
25	Precision Planting LLC	28	5	12	9	2	-25.0%